recovery
IPA: rɪkˈʌvri
noun
- The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
- A return to normal health.
- A return to former status or position.
- The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
- The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
- (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
- (finance) The recovery of debt.
- (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
- (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
- (gaming) The ability to recover or regain health.
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Examples of "recovery" in Sentences
- It leads to the recovery of the tissue.
- The report recommended recovery of the money.
- The younger the child, the better the recovery.
- It's the last piece of the jigsaw in my recovery.
- After the recovery, the deer returned to the wild.
- Among preschoolers, the prognosis for recovery is good.
- There was no possibility for any amelioration or recovery.
- Greenwitch is the story of the recovery of the stolen grail.
- By the end of the decade, however, the economy was in recovery.
- Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness.
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